7th Vijay Awards


The 7th Vijay Awards ceremony honoring the best of the Tamil film industry in 2012 was held on 11 May 2013 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai. It was hosted by Gopinath and R. Madhavan.

Jury

The jury members were directors Vetrimaran, Venkat Prabhu and Cheran, comedian Yugi Sethu, and cinematographer R. Rathnavelu.

Award winners and nominees

Source:
Best FilmBest Director

  • Vazhakku Enn 18/9
  • Balaji Sakthivel - Vazhakku Enn 18/9
  • *AR Murugadoss - Thuppakki
  • *Magizh Thirumeni - Thadaiyara Thaakka
  • *Prabhu Solomon - Kumki
  • *S. S. Rajamouli - Naan Ee
    • Best ActorBest Actress
  • Dhanush - 3
  • *Suriya - Maattraan
  • *Vijay - Thuppakki
  • *Vijay Sethupathi - Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom
  • *Vikram - Thaandavam
  • Samantha - Neethaane En Ponvasantham
  • *Kajal Aggarwal - Thuppakki
  • *Shruti Haasan - 3
  • *Sunaina - Neerparavai
  • *Viji Chandrasekhar - Aarohanam
    • Best Supporting ActorBest Supporting Actress
  • Sathyaraj - Nanban
  • *Maarimuthu - Aarohanam
  • *Naren - Sundarapandian
  • *Pasupathi - Aravaan
  • *Samudrakani - Saattai
  • Anupama Kumar - Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal
  • *Nandita Das - Neerparavai
  • *Radhika Apte - Dhoni
  • *Saranya Ponvannan - Oru Kal Oru Kannadi
  • *Vidyullekha Raman - Neethane En Ponvasantham
    • Best ComedianBest Villain
  • Santhanam - Oru Kal Oru Kannadi
  • *Karunas - Kazhugu
  • *Sathyan - Nanban
  • *Soori - Sundarapandian
  • *VTV Ganesh - Podaa Podi
  • Sudeep - Naan E
  • *Muthuraman - Vazhakku Enn 18/9
  • *Narain - Mugamoodi
  • *Thambi Ramiah - Saattai
  • *Vidyut Jamwal - Thuppakki
    • Best Debut ActorBest Debut Actress
  • Vikram Prabhu - Kumki
  • *Sivakarthikeyan - Marina
  • *Dinesh - Attakathi
  • *Udhayanidhi Stalin - Oru Kal Oru Kannadi
  • *Sri - Vazhakku Enn 18/9
  • Varalaxmi Sarathkumar - Podaa Podi
  • * Lakshmi Menon - Sundarapandian
  • * Manisha Yadav - Vazhakku Enn 18/9
  • * Nandita - Attakathi
  • * Urmila Mahanta - Vazhakku Enn 18/9
    • Best Music DirectorBest Cinematographer
  • D. Imman - Kumki
  • *Anirudh Ravichander - 3
  • *Harris Jayaraj - Nanban
  • *Ilaiyaraaja - Neethane En Ponvasantham
  • *Yuvan Shankar Raja - Kazhugu
  • Gopi Amarnath - Pizza
  • *Prem - Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom
  • *Vijay Milton - Vazhakku Enn 18/9
  • *Siddharth - Aravaan
  • *Sukumar - Thadaiyara Thaakka
    • Best EditorBest Art Director
  • Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao - Naan Ee
  • *A. Sreekar Prasad - Thuppakki
  • *Gopi Krishna - Vazhakku Enn 18/9
  • *Leo John Paul - Pizza
  • *Praveen K. L.-N. B. Srikanth - Thadaiyara Thaakka
  • R. K. Vijay Murugan - Aravaan
  • *Muthuraj - Nanban
  • *Rajeevan - Maattraan
  • *Sunil Babu - Thuppakki
  • *Vairabalan - Kumki
    • Best Male Playback SingerBest Female Playback Singer
  • Mohit Chauhan - "Po Nee Po"
  • * Dhanush - "Why This Kolaveri Di"
  • * Gaana Bala - "Nadukadalula"
  • * Haricharan - "Ayyayyo"
  • * Vijay Prakash - "Asku Laska"
  • Ramya NSK - "Satru Munbu"
  • * Shruti Haasan - "Kannazhaga"
  • * Shweta Pandit - "Idhayam"
  • * Sithara - "Kangal Neeye"
  • * Sunidhi Chauhan - "Mudhal Murai"
    • Best LyricistBest Story, Screenplay Writer
  • Thamarai - "Kangal Neeye"
  • * Dhanush - "Po Nee Po"
  • * Gaana Bala - "Nadukadalula"
  • * Na. Muthukumar - "Oru Paadhi"
  • * Yugabharathi - "Sollitalae"
  • Karthik Subbaraj - Pizza
  • *Balaji Sakthivel - Vazhakku Enn 18/9
  • *Balaji Tharaneetharan - Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom
  • *Rajesh - Oru Kal Oru Kannadi
  • *S. S. Rajamouli - Naan Ee
    • Best Background ScoreBest Dialogue
  • Yuvan Shankar Raja
  • Rajesh - Oru Kal Oru Kannadi
  • *Anbazhagan - Saattai
  • *Gautham Menon - Neethane En Ponvasantham
  • *Iyappan - Madhubaanakadai
  • *Prabhu Solomon - Kumki
    • Best ChoreographerBest Stunt Director
  • Robert - "Love Panlama Venama"
  • *Dinesh - "Venaam Machan"
  • *Farah Khan - "Irukkana"
  • *Shobi - "Antarctica"
  • *Sridhar - "Alaikka Laikka"
  • Anal Arasu - Thadaiyara Thaakka
  • *Kecha - Thuppakki
  • *Peter Hein - Maattrraan
  • *Rajasekhar- Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal
  • *Silva - 3
    • Best Make UpBest Costume Designer
  • Sarath Kumar - Aravaan
  • S. Rajendran - Aravaan
  • *Gabreilla Wilkins - Mugamoodi
  • *Ganesh - Kumki
  • *Kunal Rawal, Deepali Noor, Sai - Nanban
  • *Vinesh Arora, Sarin - Podaa Podi
    • Best Find of the YearBest Crew
  • Anirudh Ravichander - 3
  • Pizza
    • Best Debut DirectorFace of the Year
  • Balaji Tharaneetharan - Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom
  • *Anbazhagan - Saattai
  • *Karthik Subbaraj - Pizza
  • *Lakshmi Ramakrishnan - Aarohanam
  • *Prabhakaran - Sundarapandian
  • Udhayanidhi Stalin - Oru Kal Oru Kannadi
  • *Dinesh - Attakathi
  • *Lakshmi Menon - Sundarapandian
  • *Sivakarthikeyan - Marina
  • *Varalaxmi Sarathkumar - Podaa Podi
  • *Vikram Prabhu - Kumki
    • Contribution to Tamil CinemaChevalier Sivaji Ganesan Award for Excellence in Indian Cinema
  • Bharathiraja
  • Shahrukh Khan
    • Entertainer of the YearSpecial Jury Awards
  • Vijay - Nanban / Thuppakki
  • Vijay Sethupathi
  • Trisha
  • Aarohanam

    • Favorite Awards

    Multiple nominations

    The following eighteen films received four nominations or more:
    NominationsFilm
    15Thuppakki
    11
    		Oru Kal Oru Kannadi
    10Nanban
    10Kumki
    9
    		Vazhakku Enn 18/9
    8
    		3
    7
    		Sundarapandian
    6Naan Ee
    6Neethaane En Ponvasantham
    5Pizza
    5Podaa Podi
    5Attakathi
    4Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal
    4Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom
    4Thadaiyara Thaakka
    4Aarohanam
    4Maattraan
    4Saattai

    The following thirteen films received multiple awards:
    AwardsFilm
    6
    		Thuppakki
    3Pizza
    3Aravaan
    33
    3Oru Kal Oru Kannadi
    2Vazhakku Enn 18/9
    2Neethaane En Ponvasantham
    2Nanban
    2Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal
    2Naan E
    2Podaa Podi
    2Kumki
    2Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom
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    2-